Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-24
BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Weather.
CITY AND SUBURBS.
No paper Monday.

The Bronson Library will be closed Monday. -
 ''The Danites" at the Opera House this evening. ..
 Dan Buckley returned from New York yesterday with French Cook.
 The new freight rates on the Naugatuck road will be issued next Monday
 ''The Cattle King'' Monday afternoon, and "The Bandit King" in the evening at the Opera House.
 The banks and manufactures will sus- pend business Monday and the people gen. erally will enjoy holiday.
 Roger Connor arrived in this city on the 11:17 train to day accompanied by Edward McMahon of Cleveland, formerly of this city.
 The Fire Commissioners last evening awarded the contract for feed for the fire horses for three months, to Spencer & Pierpont.
 The A. M. E. Zion church will celebrate Christmas this evening with a Christmas tree and entertainment at the church on Pearl street.
 Christopher Welch, aged five years son of Mrs Corcoran of 3S Meadow street, died last evening. The funeral will take place to- morrow afternoon.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Tbird Order of St Dominic will not take place until @ week from tomorrow (Sun- day) afternoon at 3:15. Miss Annie McGivney of this city, a sister of Father McGivney of Thomaston, has been appointed teacher of the school in the Reynolds Bridge district.
 The employees of the Waterbury Watch Company will enjoy vacation during the holidays the concern having suspended work at noon to-day until January 3.
 The County Commissioners have allowed Morris Fitzgerald and Morris Murray, whose licenses they recently revoked, until Monday in order to close up their business. Frank D. Hunt, formerly of this city will resign his position as clerk in the Nauga- tuck Furniture Company in Naugatuck and go into the express business in this city.
 At recent meeting of the Bar commit tee it was voted to have jury at the Dis trict Court on the second Tuesday in Jan- uary, to hear cases that are on the jury docket.
 Judge Bradstreet will eat his Christmas dinner at his home in Thomaston. The majority of the local legal lights will eat their Christmas dinners at their homes in this city.
 
 employees of the Scovill Manufacturing Company were out practicing this after noon under the supervision of Foreman John H. Moran.
 Miss Carrie Miller, forewoman at the American Mills Company, was to-day pleasantly surprised with presentation of a beautiful secretary from the employees as token of their esteem. The funeral of Mrs. John Thaddigan who died at her residence on West Side Hill yesterday, will be attended from her late residecne, and St. Patrick's church to- morrow afternoon.
 The arguments in the case of Gierding vs Norton, were concluded late yesterday afternoon before Judge Warner, of Litch- field, at the District Court room The court reserved it's decision
 MT and Mrs John Kenny of No. 13 Fuller street buried their two year old boy Johnny this morning. He was bright, precocious child and has been sick only few days with diphtheria.
 -Rev Leonard w. Bacon, D. D., will be among the speakers at the service in the Opera House tomorrow afternoon. The service will begin at 2:3O and the singing will be led by Secretary Willis of the Y. M. CA.
 A party of hilarious young men were on the point of exhibiting their pugilistie tendencies at South Main and Scovil] streets last evening, but the timely arrival of Officer Blakely prevented a scrappinq match.
 At the Church of the Immaculate Con. ception large crib, illustrating the birth of Christ, has been tastefully arranged by the Sisters of the Convent for Christmas The roof is matched with straw while the statues lend life-like appearance.
 Edward Mahan, a blacksmith employed at Robbins shop on Brown street, caught his shirt sleeve in the hoof of horse that he was shoeing this afternoon, and in try. ing to extricate it the horse stepped on his arm, cutting it quite severely.
 Duncan Clark turned people away from the Adelphia last night. His show is the best of the season0Buffalo Daily News September 6.-Matinee, at City Hall, Mon. day afternoon Tickets for sale at Bossi dy's drug store, Al East Main Street.
 The Supreme Court of Errors concluded 1t business for this year at Hartford yes terday and it is not probable that the de- cision in the case of Marcus Hellman ot this city, for violating the il o'clock law will be announced until the middle o1 January.
 The scholars of Miss McCarthys depart ment gave an interesting entertainment at Une I1lSu oCuOol 1dSG 0VouluR. III consisted of instrumental music, recita- tion, readings and dialogues and reflected credit on the children of Miss McCarthy's department.
 The migrating of people to Christmas gatherings resulted in the usual crush on the passenger trains to-day. Trains pas sing through this city were we'll loaded, many going and coming, but the railroad people amply provided for the traffic and the patrons were not discomforted.
 Monday being holiday in the post office department the Waterbury post office will join with the rest in observing the day The registry and money order departments will be closed at noon and the carriers will make only one trip. The afternoon mails will close at p. m., and the incom- ing mail will be distributed as usual
 John Conlon and Patrick Horan indulged in fres fight at the corner of Baldwin and Pleasant streets last night, requiring the combined efforts of Officers McNif and